Pawan, I have not tried XP, but could not manage dual boot with 2k with lilo/ grub. The problem arises from the fact that NT and Family (NT/2k/XP) does not use normal 32-bit part- itions like 9x, and the access to the boot mechanism of these OSs through lilo becomes the issue.
Kingsly had stated eralier of some guy at B'lore LUG has managed such a thing but details are not known. The LBA32 in lilo.conf technique did not work for me on 2k ... The method advocated by Ajay (viz go through boot.ini), is perhaps the better route.I have tried it on both NT and 2k wih 100% success. I have out up a detailed How-Do-I document on my home page for dual boot with NT, with step by step process. It is likely to work for XP. If needed have a look at: http://geocities.com/usmbish/hdi.html Please confirm back on list if it works ... HTH Bish On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 10:34:47PM -0800, Pawan Dev wrote: > Has anybody used lilo or grub to boot winXP or win2000 ? > Please write exact procedure to do that. So, far I have > tried, i couldn't boot XP, with out it's own boot menu. > - Pawan Dev. > > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 8:12 PM > Subject: Re: [LIH] XP and Linux dual booting > > > > > |On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:21:09PM +0530, Kingsly John wrote: > > > |> > > > |> But at the recently concluded linux-bangalore/2001 someone > > > |> said that he managed to get XP+Linux working by just adding > > > |> the lba32 option to his lilo.conf.. and adding the standard > > > |> entry for booting windows (other=/dev/hdaX ) > > > > Hai Kingsly, > > I've tried out XP with Linux dual-booting. Nothing special > > quite straight forward. > > > > XP is basically NT/Win2K.Just install XP first followed by > > Linux leaving the MBR intact. Add the Linux option to the > > Boot menu of XP (via Boot.ini) Thats all! > > > > Regarding the lba32 option you mentioned, I was off-list > > and missed some of the earlier mail, so no comments about > > it. > > Cordially > > Ajay Shankar > ---end quoted text--- -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Tips & Tricks for newbies LOST #038 Have a look at some excellent articles & newbie tips in the archives at : http://www.linux-mag.com/ ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
